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The Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an Auxiliary Treatment for COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
中药辅助治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎疗效的系统评价和Meta分析 [j].
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- DOI:10.1089/acm.2020.0310
- 作者列表:"Zhou LP","Wang J","Xie RH","Pakhale S","Krewski D","Cameron DW","Wen SW
- 发表时间:2021-03-01
Abstract
: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic with no specific and widely accepted effective drug or vaccine. However, studies have shown that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) may play a significant role as an auxiliary treatment for COVID-19. Objective: This study aimed to assess the effects of TCM as an auxiliary treatment for COVID-19 through a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials (RCTs). Methods: Four English and three Chinese language databases were searched from December 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. RCTs comparing TCM in combination with Western medicine (WM) with the same WM therapies alone for confirmed COVID-19 patients were included. The outcome measures were cure rate, lowering of body temperature, cough relief, improvement in chest computed tomography (CT) images, deterioration of condition, and adverse effects. Methodological quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. A series of meta-analyses were conducted for selected outcomes using RevMan 5.3 software. The quality of evidence was appraised using the grading of recommendation, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) recommendations. Results: Ten RCTs with a total of 1,285 patients were included. Compared with WM alone in treating COVID-19, WM with auxiliary treatment by TCM appears to have increased the cure rate (risk ratio [RR] 1.15 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-1.26]), relieved cough (RR 1.32 [95% CI 1.15-1.52]), improved chest CT images (RR 1.23 [95% CI 1.11-1.37]), and reduced the number of cases transitioning from a moderate to severe condition (RR 0.58 [95% CI 0.43-0.77]). The authors are uncertain whether TCM combined WM has effects on fever normalization (RR 1.10 [95% CI 0.94-1.29]) or adverse effects (RR 0.81 (95% CI 0.42-1.57]). Although they evaluated the certainty of evidence for lowering body temperature and adverse effects as very low, and low for cure rate, certainty was evaluated as moderate for improvement in chest CT images, cough relief, and deterioration of condition. Conclusion: TCM may be an effective auxiliary treatment for COVID-19 patients, which is likely to help improve the main symptoms and reduce disease progression. However, due to the limited number of studies and apparent heterogeneity among them, a more definitive conclusion on the effect of TCM on lowering body temperature and adverse effects cannot be drawn at this time.
摘要
: 背景: 冠状病毒疾病2019 (新型冠状病毒肺炎) 已经成为没有特异性和广泛接受的有效药物或疫苗的流行病。然而,研究表明,中医中药可能作为新型冠状病毒肺炎的辅助治疗发挥重要作用。 目的: 本研究旨在通过对随机对照试验 (RCTs) 的系统评价,评估中医药作为新型冠状病毒肺炎辅助治疗的效果。 方法: 检索了2019年12月1日至20 20年6月30日的4个英文和3个中文数据库。纳入了对新型冠状病毒肺炎例确诊患者进行中医联合西药 (WM) 与相同单纯WM疗法比较的rct。观察指标包括治愈率、体温降低、咳嗽缓解、胸部CT图像改善、病情恶化和不良反应。使用Cochrane风险偏倚工具评估方法学质量。使用RevMan 5.3软件对所选结局进行了一系列荟萃分析。使用推荐、评估、开发和评估 (GRADE) 推荐的分级来评估证据质量。 结果: 纳入10个rct,共1,285例患者。与单纯西药治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎相比,中药辅助治疗的西药似乎提高了治愈率 (风险比 [RR] 1.15 [95% 可信区间 (CI) 1.04-1.26]),缓解了咳嗽 (RR 1.32 [95% CI 1.15-1.52]),改进的胸部CT图像 (RR 1.23 [95% CI 1.11-1.37]),并减少从中度到重度转变的病例数 (RR 0.58 [95% CI 0.43-0.77])。作者不确定TCM联合WM是否对发热正常化 (RR 1.10 [95% CI 0.94-1.29]) 或不良反应 (RR 0.81 (95% CI 0.42-1.57)) 有影响。虽然他们评估降低体温和不良反应的证据的确定性非常低,治愈率低,但对于胸部CT图像的改善,咳嗽缓解和病情恶化,确定性被评估为中等。 结论: 中医中药对新型冠状病毒肺炎患者可能是一种有效的辅助治疗方法,很可能有助于改善主要症状,减少疾病进展。但由于研究数量有限,且其中存在明显的异质性,目前尚不能得出关于中医药对降低体温的作用及不良反应的更确切结论。
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